Krieger v. Future Logging

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board holding that, by entering into a disputed claim settlement (DCS) pursuant to ORS 656.289(4),1 claimant settled his claim for neck surgery and that, by entering into a claim disposition agreement (CDA) pursuant to ORS 656.236(1), he settled his aggravation claim. We affirm the Board and write only to discuss the scope of the DCS and whether recent statutory amendments permitting CDAs are applicable to the aggravation claim.

Claimant compensably injured his head, left wrist and shoulder and cervical spine in August, 1987. In…